When the sound of magick-infused gunpowder shot off, creating a melody of bullet-on-bone, Levi did not dodge or take any defensive countermeasures. Instead, she took the bullet dead-on in the temple, right between the eyes. A sound similar to a loud thud was heard as Levi's head whiplashed, and she was sent back three paces, landing on her back, eyes wide.

And she lay there unmoving. She was completely still, motionless. There wasn’t even so much of a delayed muscle spasm. She was just laying there, arms wide open, the dark water that she had control of bathing her...